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Obsolete occupations

  • LimnerA limner is an illuminator of manuscripts, or more generally, a painter of ornamental decoration. This definition appears in the book Methods and Materials…
  • NinjaThe word ninja appears in written records as far back as the late 8th century within poems found in the Man'yōshū. A specific poem from that era reads…
  • SamuraiIn 792, the imperial court issued an edict ending most conscription and dissolving the gundan, except for those in outlying regions like Mutsu and Dewa…
  • HousecarlThe word housecarl enters the English language through the Old Norse term húskarl, which literally translates to "house man".
  • Paedagogus (occupation)A small terracotta figurine from Tanagra in Greece dates to the 4th century BC. It shows a slave figure standing beside two young boys.